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12.20.2009

Make it for Monday #5

I know everyone's busy as bees finishing up preparations for holiday celebrations (or digging out from the snowstorm), but it's time for another episode of Make it for Monday. If you have the time and the inclination, hook up a post with something you've made so we can all oooo and ahhhh and be jealous of your talent!

Before we headed over to bake, though, I couldn't resist a few more pics around the yard, this time in appropriate attire. We'll consider this Mother Nature's contribution to the party this week, k?

The snowfall outside was the perfect backdrop while we listened to Christmas music play, watched the tree lights twinkle, and licked cookie dough off spoons. Sheila has the most BEA-U-TI-FUL view out the back of her home.....

On to the human contribution this week.

The baking...

We had at least 2 recipes going at once as Sheila has two ovens. I made 3 kinds of bar cookies, Sheila made the roll-outs, and my girls made butter cookies using the press.

We had to do a bit of improvisation with those because I couldn't find the screw-on top for the press:

And the cookies were a bit, um, unique. Still tasted good and the boys had fun decorating them.

Here's one of my daughters squishing up nillas used for crust in a bar cookie recipe. She was going to town, releasing all the tension from the last week of college finals :)

Sheila helped my boys do some cut-outs after she rolled out the dough. Let me just say these are the most moist, light as a feather roll-outs I've ever tasted. Melt-in-your-mouth goodness....

Taking a break at lunch. Time for a facebook shot:

After lunch, I finished up with some no-bake chocolate truffles, and helped Sheila ice another batch of roll-outs as the boys had lost interest and were now outside sledding down the big hill.

Hot cocoa and Battleship. Fun was had by all.

I have no pictures of the finished sugar-goodness because we had to hurry a bit at the end in order to get to a dinner party that evening. But just suffice it to say, we all have more than enough cookies this season, and we had a blast making them together. Disclaimer: Much butter was harmed in the making of these goodies.

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Use the button on my sidebar if you'd like. And even though we're all busy, try to visit at least some of the participants and leave a comment....we all love to know others have stopped by and that's what makes these parties so fun!

Amazing snow photos, Cindy :) And I must say that I love all the pics, they are all so Christmasy (snow, pine trees, cookies, family, games) LOVED it! and it must have been wonderful to have your children around helping with the baking :) Thanks for hosting againHave a Merry Christmas,Erika

Pretty snow pics, and I LOVED seeing your baking crew. Brings back some great memories. Now my kids are adults living far away and I'm in my 2nd childhood - so Hubs I make and eat all the cookies ourselves. He-heee!

Almost didn't make it for the party today. The paint is still curing, but I'm here, and off to visit as many party-goers as possible.

Hi Cindy!! Well, I'm so glad you posted cookie pics...because that is what I spent my weekend on. Haven't had much time for other projects...although the tree is almost all the way decorated. LOVE your snow pics.